1 semester or equivalent

36 Hours

Hawthorn

Nil

Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points

Related Course/s:

A unit of study in the Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Bachelor of Business Information Systems/ Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Information and Communication Technology, Bachelor of Information Technology and Bachelor of Science (Professional Software Development).

Aims & Objectives:

• Develop applications within the .NET framework.involving technologies such as VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, XML, ASP.NET, Report Generators, VBA
• Build applications using a multi layered design approach
• Identify human-computer interaction concepts and apply them when designing and building software application
• Develop, debug, test and document software to a high standard
• Basic object oriented programming skills

Teaching Methods:

Lecture (24 hrs), Tutorial (labs) (12 hrs)

Assessment:

Individual Assignments, Individual Test, Final Examination.

Content:

• Windows Forms and Web Form application development
• Data Base interfaces
• Debugging techniques
• Test plans and techniques
• File Processing
• Report Generators
• Visual Basic for Applications
• Human Computer Interface and Usability
• Help Files and documentation 
• Using building classes containing properties and methods

References:

Oberg RJ, Thorsteinson P & Wyatt DL, Application Development using Visual Basic and .NET, Prentice hall PTR, 2003.

Sceppa, D, Microsoft ADO.NET core reference, Redmond Wash. : Microsoft Press, 2002.

Balena, F, Programming Microsoft Visual Basic .NET Version 2003, Redmond, Wa., Microsoft Press, 2004.